Elon Musk, chief government officer of Tesla Inc., throughout a fireplace dialogue on synthetic intelligence dangers with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Sunak convened this week’s AI summit in an effort to place the UK on the forefront of worldwide efforts to stave off the dangers introduced by the rapidly-advancing know-how, which within the prime minister’s personal phrases, might prolong so far as human extinction. Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs
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Elon Musk stated Wednesday that he will not vote for President Joe Biden within the 2024 election, even when former president Donald Trump is the Republican nominee.
“I might not vote for Biden,” Musk stated throughout a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin on the DealBook Summit in New York. “I am not saying I might vote for Trump.”
When requested what he’d do if these have been the 2 nominees, Musk stated, “That is undoubtedly a troublesome selection right here.”
Musk, who says he supported Barack Obama’s candidacy, has moved rightward in his politics in recent times, writing in a tweet final yr that “at this time’s Democratic Occasion has been hijacked by extremists.”
Whereas he hasn’t endorsed a selected candidate for the 2024 election, Musk stated final yr that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was his most well-liked selection on the time. He additionally hosted DeSantis’s marketing campaign launch on X, previously Twitter. Extra lately, Musk has stated that Vivek Ramaswamy is “wanting like a powerful candidate.”
Musk advised Sorkin on Wednesday that he disagrees with Ramaswamy on local weather points, however he shares a few of the candidate’s views on authorities overreach and censorship. DeSantis’s title didn’t come up within the interview.
When requested if he might assist Nikki Haley among the many Republicans, Musk stated no and described the previous South Carolina governor as a “pro-censorship candidate.”
When it comes to which social gathering is extra favorable in direction of freedom of speech, Musk stated that “on stability, the Democrats look like extra pro-censorship than Republicans,” which he characterised as a change from the previous.
“We actually get extra complaints from the left than the proper,” Musk stated.
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